HP-UX Itanium Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	15100
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Oct 13 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 13 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	HP HP-UX 11.23 HP HP-UX B.11.23
Not Vulnerable:

HP-UX Itanium Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

HP-UX is prone to a local denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly handle exceptional conditions.

A local authorized attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to malfunction, resulting in a denial of service to legitimate users.

Only HP9000 Servers running HP-UX release B.11.23 on Itanium (IPF Architecture) platforms are affected.

HP-UX Itanium Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

HP-UX Itanium Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
HP has released patches addressing this issue:


HP HP-UX B.11.23

• HP PHKL_33713
  http://itrc.hp.com


• HP PHKL_33714
  http://itrc.hp.com

HP HP-UX 11.23

• HP PHKL_33713
  http://itrc.hp.com


• HP PHKL_33714
  http://itrc.hp.com

HP-UX Itanium Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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